Prof. Dr. Tobias Wolbring
Chair of Empirical Economic Sociology
Curriculum vitae
Tobias Wolbring holds a diploma degree in Sociology (Economics and Social Psychology as minor subjects; 2007) and a Ph.D. degree in Sociology and Economics (summa cum laude; 2013) from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich. From 2008 to 2013, Wolbring was a research assistant at the chair of Prof. Norman Braun, Ph.D.) at the Institute of Sociology, LMU Munich. In 2013 and 2014 he was a postdoctoral researcher at the Professorship for Social Psychology and Research on Higher Education (Prof. Dr. Hans-Dieter Daniel) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich. From 2015 to 2017 he was an Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessor) of Sociology, with a specialization in Longitudinal Data Analysis in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim. Since 2017 Professor Wolbring holds the Chair of Empirical Economic Sociology at the School of Business and Economics at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg. In 2014 Professor Wolbring received the Dissertation Award by the German Sociological Association (GSA) in the same year the Anatol-Rapoport Prize (2014) by the GSA-Section „Model Building and Simulation” and in 2017 the Robert K. Merton Prize (2017) by the International Network of Analytical Sociology. Since 2013 he is co-editor of the SSCI-listed, peer reviewed journal Soziale Welt and from 2013 to 2021 he was council member of the section “Methods of Social Research” of the German Sociological Association.
His research interests include: analytical sociology, economic sociology (with special focus on life satisfaction, Matthew effects, and social status), evaluation of research and teaching (in education and higher education), methods of social research (especially causal inference, DAGs, evaluations, experiments, and longitudinal data analysis), social inequality and discrimination (with special focus on physical characteristics, gender, and social status), and social norms/deviance.
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Recent publications
2023
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Social policy and labour supply: The impact of activating labour market institutions on reservation wages
In: Socio-Economic Review 21 (2023), p. 863–884
ISSN: 1475-1461
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwac002 - , , , :
Zur Neuorientierung der soziologischen Methodenausbildung. Weiterführende Überlegungen
In: Soziologie : Forum der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie 52 (2023)
ISSN: 0340-918X - , , :
Editorial: Big data and machine learning in sociology
In: Frontiers in Sociology 8 (2023), Article No.: 1173155
ISSN: 2297-7775
DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1173155 - , , (ed.):
Big Data and Machine Learning in Sociology
Lausanne: 2023
(Frontiers in Sociology)
ISBN: 978-2-8325-2514-2
DOI: 10.3389/978-2-8325-2514-2 - , , :
Editorial: Big data and machine learning in sociology
In: Frontiers in Sociology (2023)
ISSN: 2297-7775
DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2023.1173155 - , , :
Sollten Förderentscheidungen partiell durch Lotterien ersetzt werden? Grundlagen, Konzeption und Evaluationsdesign am Beispiel des Förderinitiative `Experiment!` der Volkswagen Stiftung
In: Zeitschrift für Evaluation 2/2023 (2023)
ISSN: 1619-5515 - , :
Shelter from the storm: do partnerships buffer the well-being costs of unemployment?
In: European Sociological Review (2023)
ISSN: 0266-7215
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcad066
2022
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COVID-19, normative attitudes and pluralistic ignorance in employer-employee relationships
In: Journal for Labour Market Research 56 (2022), Article No.: 19
ISSN: 1867-8343
DOI: 10.1186/s12651-022-00325-4 - , , :
Subjective Well-Being Scarring Through Unemployment: New Evidence from a Long-Running Panel
In: Social Forces 101 (2022), p. 1485 - 1518
ISSN: 0037-7732
DOI: 10.1093/sf/soac022 - , , :
Using deepfakes for experiments in the social sciences–A pilot study
In: Frontiers in Sociology 7 (2022), p. 907199
ISSN: 2297-7775
DOI: 10.3389/fsoc.2022.907199 - , :
Individuelles Handeln und soziale Konsequenzen: Rational-Choice-Theorien
In: Heike Delitz, Julian Müller, Robert Seyfert (ed.): Handbuch Soziologische Theorien, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2022
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-31744-7_13-1 - , :
Do Mothers and Fathers in Germany Really Prefer a Traditional Division of Labor? The Impact of Working Hours on Life Satisfaction Reconsidered
In: Zeitschrift für Soziologie 51 (2022), p. 298-306
ISSN: 0340-1804
DOI: 10.1515/zfsoz-2022-0013 - , :
How to Deal With Reverse Causality Using Panel Data? Recommendations for Researchers Based on a Simulation Study
In: Sociological Methods & Research 51 (2022), p. 837–865
ISSN: 0049-1241
DOI: 10.1177/0049124119882473 - , :
“Shelter from the Storm:” Do Partnerships Buffer Well-Being Costs of Unemployment?
(2022)
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/d2p4c
URL: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/d2p4c
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The Past, Present and Future of Factorial Survey Experiments: A Review for the Social Sciences
In: Methods, data, analyses 16 (2022), p. 141-170
ISSN: 2190-4936
DOI: 10.12758/mda.2021.07
2021
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Gender Roles, Child Moves and Parental Well-being: A Panel Study on Short and Long Term Effects for Germany
(2021)
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/wy85h
URL: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/wy85h/
(Working Paper) - , , :
Subjective Well-Being Scarring through Unemployment: New Methods, New Results?
(2021)
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/t57cd
URL: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/t57cd/
(Working Paper) - , :
Matthew Effects in Science and the Serial Diffusion of Ideas: Testing Old Ideas with New Methods
In: Quantitative Science Studies (2021), p. 505–526
ISSN: 2641-3337
DOI: 10.1162/qss_a_00129 - , , :
Social policy and labor supply: The impact of activating labor market institutions on reservation wage
(2021)
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/mzd2r
URL: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/mzd2r/
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"In good times and in bad, in sickness and in health”: A Longitudinal Study on Informal Caregiving and Life Satisfaction
In: Journal of Happiness Studies (2021), p. 1481-1516
ISSN: 1573-7780
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-020-00281-1 - , :
Die Methoden der sozialwissenschaftlichen Datenerhebung im digitalen Zeitalter. Entwicklungen, Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen
In: Wolbring, T., Leitgöb, H., Faulbaum, F. (ed.): Sozialwissenschaftliche Datenerhebung im digitalen Zeitalter, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2021, p. 7 – 43
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-34396-5_1 - , , , , , :
Data-driven Student Advisory and Potential Direct Discrimination: A Literature Review on Machine Learning for Predicting Students' Academic Success
Americas Conference on Information Systems (Montreal) - , , , , , :
Give a Little, Take a Little? A Factorial Survey Experiment on Students’ Willingness to Use an AI-based Advisory System and to Share Data
In: T. Wolbring, H. Leitgöb, & F. Faulbaum (ed.): Sozialwissenschaftliche Datenerhebung im digitalen Zeitalter, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2021, p. 253-281
ISBN: 978-3-658-34396-5
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-34396-5_10 - , , (ed.):
Sozialwissenschaftliche Datenerhebung im digitalen Zeitalter
Wiesbaden: 2021
(Schriftenreihe der ASI - Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Institute)
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-34396-5
URL: https://www.springer.com/de/book/9783658343958
2020
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Konzeption und Messung studentischen Workloads. Ein Überblick zu Entstehung, Stand und Herausfor-derungen
In: Engel, C., Großmann, D., Junkermann, J., Wolbring, T (ed.): Studentischer Workload - Definition, Messung und Einflüsse, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2020, p. 3 - 30
ISBN: 978-3-658-28931-7
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-28931-7 - , , , (ed.):
Studentischer Workload - Definition, Messung und Einflüsse
Wiesbaden: 2020
ISBN: 978-3-658-28931-7
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-28931-7 - , , :
Datenqualität umfragebasierter Workload-Messungen: Eine Mixed-Methods-Studie auf Grundlage von Learning Analytics und kognitiven Interviews
In: Engel, C., Großmann, D., Junkermann, J., Wolbring, T. (ed.): Studentischer Workload – Definition, Messung und Einflüsse, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2020, p. 205 - 229
ISBN: 978-3-658-28931-7
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-28931-7 - , :
Wirkungsevaluation: Grundlagen, Standards, Beispiele
Weinheim Basel: Beltz Juventa, 2020
(Standards standardisierter und nichtstandardisierter Sozialforschung)
ISBN: 377993924X - :
Experiments in the Laboratory and Other Settings
In: P.A. Atkinson, A. Cernat, S. Delamont, J.W. Sakshaug, R.A. Williams (ed.): SAGE Research Methods Foundations, Thousand Oaks: SAGE, 2020
ISBN: 9781526421036
DOI: 10.4135/9781526421036878173 - :
Rationality, Strategic Interactions, and Theories of Middle Range
In: Social Science Information 59 (2020), p. 569 - 574
ISSN: 0539-0184
DOI: 10.1177/0539018420964390 - :
The Digital Revolution in the Social Sciences: Five Theses about Big Data and Other Recent Methodological Innovations from an Analytical Sociologist.
In: Maasen, S., Passoth, J.-H. (ed.): Sociology of the Digital – Digital Sociology?, Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2020, p. 60-72 (23. Sonderband der Sozialen Welt.)
DOI: 10.5771/9783845295008-60
2019
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Ein kurzes Gespräch mit Tobias Wolbring
In: Farzin, S. (ed.): Soziologie 4/2019, Frankfurt: Campus Verlag, 2019, p. 103 - 106 (Soziologie, Vol.4)
ISBN: 9783593511481 - , , :
Commuting and Life Satisfaction Revisited: Evidence on a Non-Linear Relationship
In: Journal of Happiness Studies 20 (2019), p. 2677-2709
ISSN: 1573-7780
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-018-0064-2 - , :
Wirtschaftssoziologie: Städte, Märkte, Netzwerke (Soziologie im 21. Jahrhundert)
Stuttgart: Fink/UTB, 2019
(Soziologie im 21. Jahrhundert)
ISBN: 978-3-8252-5110-9 - , :
Qualitätssicherung sozialwissenschaftlicher Erhebungsinstrumente
Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2019
(Schriftreihe der ASI)
ISBN: 978-3-658-24516-0
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-24517-7 - , :
What Can We Learn from Factorial Surveys about Human Behavior? A Validation Study Comparing Field and Survey Experiments on Discrimination.
In: Methodology 15 (2019), p. 19-30
ISSN: 1614-1881
DOI: 10.1027/1614-2241/a000161 - , :
What Can We Learn from Factorial Surveys about Human Behavior? A Validation Study Comparing Field and Survey Experiments on Discrimination
In: Methodology 15 (2019), p. 19-30
ISSN: 1614-1881
DOI: 10.1027/1614-2241/a000161 - :
Planning and Conducting Experiments
In: Atkinson, P. A., Cernat, A., Delamont, S., Sakshaug, J. W., Williams, R. (ed.): SAGE Research Methods Foundations, Thousands Oaks: SAGE, 2019 - :
Podolny, Joel M. (2005): Status Signals. A Sociological Study of Market Competition.
In: Holzer, B., Stegbauer, C. (ed.): Schlüsselwerke der Netzwerkforschung, Wiesbaden: Springer, 2019, p. 457-460 (Schlüsselwerke der Netzwerkforschung)
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-21742-6_107
2018
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The Weight Wage Penalty: A Mechanism Approach to Discrimination.
In: European Sociological Review (2018)
ISSN: 0266-7215
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcy009 - , :
Feldexperimente in der Kriminologie - innovativ oder unmöglich?
In: Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform 101 (2018), p. 297-321
ISSN: 0026-9301
DOI: 10.1515/mks-2018-1013-406 - , :
Zur Verhaltensvalidität von Vignettenexperimenten. Theoretische Grundlagen, Forschungsstrategien und Befunde
In: Menold, N., Wolbring, T. (ed.): Qualitätssicherung sozialwissenschaftlicher Erhebungsinstrumente, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2018, p. 307 - 338
ISBN: 978-3-658-24516-0
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-24517-7_10
2017
- Farys, Rudolf Wolbring, Tobias:
Matched Control Groups for Modeling Events in Citation Data: An Illustration of Nobel Prize Effects in Citation Networks
In: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 68 (2017), p. 2201 - 2210
ISSN: 2330-1643
DOI: 10.1002/asi.23802 - , :
R Robert K. Merton: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy/The Matthew Effect in Science
In: Kraemer, K., Brugger, F. (ed.): Schlüsselwerke der neueren Wirtschaftssoziologie, Wiesbaden: Springer, 2017, p. 177 - 184
ISBN: 978-3-658-08184-3
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-08184-3_15 - , , :
Signaling High Quality Papers in Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Its Effect on Citation Impact: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis of the Designation ‘Very Important Paper’ (VIP)
In: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 68 (2017), p. 2139-2153
ISSN: 2330-1643 - , , :
The effect of the “very important paper” (VIP) designation in Angewandte Chemie International Edition on citation impact: A propensity score matching analysis
In: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 68 (2017), p. 2139–2153
ISSN: 2330-1643
DOI: 10.1002/asi.23701 - , , :
Learning Analytics and Survey Data Integration in Workload Research
In: Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung 12 (2017), p. 65 - 78
ISSN: 0250-6467
DOI: 10.3217/zfhe-12-01/04 - , :
Studentische Lehrveranstaltungsevaluation: Grundlagen, Befunde, methodische Fallstricke
In: Handbuch Qualität in Studium und Lehre, 2017 (Methoden und Verfahren des Qualitätsmanagements, Vol.62, E 7.20) - , :
The Causal Effect of Survey Mode on Students’ Evaluations of Teaching: Empirical Evidence from Three Field Experiments
In: Research in Higher Education 58 (2017), p. 904–921
ISSN: 0361-0365
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-017-9452-4 - Wolbring, Tobias:
Home Sweet Home! Does Moving Have (Lasting) Effects on Housing Satisfaction?
In: Journal of Happiness Studies 18 (2017), p. 1359 - 1375
ISSN: 1573-7780
DOI: 10.1007/s10902-016-9774-5
2016
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Stand und Herausforderungen der Evaluation von Studium und Lehre
In: Großmann, D., Wolbring, T. (ed.): Evaluation von Studium und Lehre. Grundlagen, methodische Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2016, p. 3 - 25
ISBN: 978-3-658-10885-4
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-10886-1_1 - , (ed.):
Evaluation von Studium und Lehre. Grundlagen, methodische Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze
Wiesbaden: 2016
ISBN: 978-3-658-10886-1 - , :
The Use of Field Experiments to Study Mechanisms of Discrimination
In: Analyse und Kritik 38 (2016), p. 179 - 201
ISSN: 0171-5860
DOI: 10.1515/auk-2016-0109 - Mutz, R Wolbring, Tobias, Daniel, H.-D.:
Signaling High Quality Papers in Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Its Effect on Citation Impact: A Propensity Score Matching Analysis of the Designation ‘Very Important Paper’ (VIP)
In: Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology 68 (2016), p. 2139 - 2153
ISSN: 2330-1643
DOI: 10.1002/asi.23701 - :
Evaluation, Kausalität und Validität. Wissenschaftliches Ideal und universitäre Praxis
In: Großmann, D; Wolbring, T (ed.): Evaluation von Studium und Lehre. Grundlagen, methodische Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze, Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2016, p. 57 - 89 (Evaluation von Studium und Lehre. Grundlagen, methodische Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze)
ISBN: 978-3-658-10885-4
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-10886-1_3 - :
Experimente in der Wirtschaftssoziologie
In: Maurer, A. (ed.): Handbuch der Wirtschaftssoziologie (2nd edition)., Wiesbaden: Springer, 2016, p. 501 - 520 (Wirtschaft + Gesellschaft)
ISBN: 978-3-531-19907-8
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-531-19907-8_24 - Wolbring, Tobias; Riordan, Patrick:
How Beauty Works. Theoretical Mechanisms and Two Empirical Applications on Students’ Evaluation of Teaching
In: Social Science Research 57 (2016), p. 253 - 272
ISSN: 0049-089X
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2015.12.009 - , :
Selection Bias in Students' Evaluation of Teaching:Causes of Student Absenteeism and Its Consequences for Course Ratings and Rankings
In: Research in Higher Education (2016), p. 51–71
ISSN: 0361-0365
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-015-9378-7